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Board asks for wider analysis but moves forward on Tijuana River Valley investigation and EPA petition process
Summary
After hours of testimony about sewage and toxic pollution, the board authorized staff action to pursue federal review pathways, including a petition to the EPA for a site inspection, while directing the CAO to return in 90 days with legal and funding options and community impact analysis.
County supervisors advanced a multi‑track approach Oct. 8 to address long‑running cross‑border pollution in the Tijuana River Valley, authorizing staff to pursue federal investigative pathways while also asking for a detailed county analysis of legal and funding options before any final designation.
The meeting drew dozens of in‑person and phone speakers, municipal elected officials and academic experts who described decades of sewage and industrial contamination in the Tijuana River watershed. Paloma Aguirre, mayor of Imperial Beach, told the board the HEART team's hydrogen sulfide reading from Sept. 9 measured 15,500 parts per billion and urged an immediate Superfund petition. "So this is incredibly…
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